IN ROMULUS YOU ARE WATCHING "LIVE IN THE D." WELL, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW THANKS TO ALL THE PINK RIBBONS OUT THERE WE KNOW THIS IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH BEFORE OCTOBER. BEFORE IT COMES TO A CLOSE WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THOSE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER. THIS IS A MAJOR HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE DIAGNOSIS AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO A MOTHER'S WISH. Reporter: HER NAME IS JANE, AND SHE'S A HAPPY MOTHER OF TWO. BUT SHE'S HAD A ROUGH PATCH. IN LATE 2011, SHE AND HER HUSBAND GOT A DIVORCE, AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, SHE GOT A CALL FROM HER DOCTOR. I FELT FINE, THAT WAS WHEN I GOT THE PHONE CALL AT WORK I KIND OF SAT THERE AND THOUGHT WELL, WHAT DO I DO. I FEEL FINE BUT I HAVE CANCER. SO I SAID TO MY CO-WORKER, I SAID, I THINK I'M GOING TO GO HOME. Reporter: SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE TWO BREAST CANCER IN HER LEFT BREAST. BUT HER FIRST THOUGHTS WERE OF HER CHILDREN. MY FEAR WAS HOW WAS I GOING TO SUPPORT THE KIDS, HOW COULD I TAKE CARE OF THEM. CANCER WAS JUST PUSHED BACK. IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER. IT WAS MY KIDS HOW I WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. Reporter: BETWEEN THE DOUBLE MASTECTOMY AND CHEMOTHERAPY SHE MISSED 10 WEEKS OF WORK. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT. VERY DIFFICULT. I COULD BARELY MAKE IT UP THE STAIRS AND WOULD HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE BED. I HAD CHEMO EVERY FRIDAY SO I COULD SLEEP ALL WEEKEND SO THEN I COULD BE BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY MORNING. Reporter: BILLS WERE STACKING UP AND MONEY WAS DISAPPEARING FAST. THAT WAS UNTIL A MOTHER'S WISH CAME KNOCKING. I WAS ALWAYS THE ONE HELPING OTHER PEOPLE, MAKING DINNERS FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE IN NEED AND FOR THEM TO PRESENT A CHECK TO ME I WAS -- IT WAS AMAZING IT JUST HELPED OUT SO MUCH JUST EMOTIONALLY, NOT JUST THE FINANCIALLY BUT EMOTIONALLY IT JUST HELPED OUT WITH EVERYTHING. Reporter: A MOTHER'S WISH IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER IN OAKLAND COUNTY. OH, THREE BEAUTIFUL. OH, LOOK AT THE BALLOON. Reporter: THE MONEY GOES TOWARDS WHATEVER THE FAMILY NEEDS ELECTRIC BILLS, CHILD CARE, DOCTORS BILLS, GROCERIES. HEALTHY EATING IS THE KEY. Reporter: IT ALL STARTED IN 2008, WHEN DON LUBEY'S WIFE KATHY DIED OF BREAST CANCER. THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING SHE SHOWED THIS STRENGTH AND SPIRIT. AND I THINK HER FRIENDS ALSO SAW THAT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY CAME FORWARD AND SAID WE GOT TO DO. THIS WE GOT TO DO THIS FOR KATHY. Reporter: A MOTHER'S WISH HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND THEY'VE HELPED OVER 60 FAMILIES. BUT IT ISN'T ALWAYS EASY TO ACCEPT HELP. WELL, I WAS A LITTLE STANDOFFISH AT FIRST BECAUSE I'M USED TO BEING IN CONTROL I'M USED TO PAYING MY BILLS ON MY OWN, I'M USED TO TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY IT SO WAS HARD TO ACCEPT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION. Reporter: BUT A LOT OF TIMES THESE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE OUT OF OPTIONS. THERE WAS ONE TIME WHEN WE LITERALLY HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. I WAS WONDERING, I WAS SO STRESSED OUT AND I CALLED ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MOTHER'S WISH THEY CAME THROUGH. I MEAN BLEW OUR MINDS. THEY'RE AWESOME. Reporter: DESPITE ALL THE TROUBLED TIMES THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN THROUGH THEY COME BACK TO HELP. THEY COME BACK TO US AND THEY WANT TO HELP IN ANY WAY THEY CAN EITHER AT ONE OF OUR EVENTS, OR THEY PAY IT FORWARD BY DOING SOMETHING ELSE FOR SOMEONE THEY KNOW THAT. I THINK IS JUST HUGE. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. Reporter: FOR PEOPLE LIKE JANE, A MOTHER'S WISH IS A LIFESAVER. JUST KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE THAT CARED THAT WANTED TO HELP ME EVEN IF SOME OF THEM COULDN'T COME TO BRING A MEAL OR ANYTHING JUST KNOWING THAT THEY THERE WERE WAS ENOUGH TO GET ME THROUGH. YOU KNOW SOME OF THE WOMEN THAT WE MENTION ALMOST LOST THEIR HOUSE OR CAR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T WORK THEN THE BILLS STACK UP. THEY JUST DON'T REALLY REALIZE HOW MUCH OF A STRAIN THAT IT PUTS ON THE FAMILY AND ALL OF THAT ADDS UP. SO LUCKILY WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE THERE TO STEP IN AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, BY THE WAY. IF YOU WANT SOME MORE INFORMATION ON MOTHER'S WISH

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